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| Terms for subject Environment (5179 entries) |
| malformació | malformation (Permanent structural change that may adversely affect survival, development or function) | |
| malnutrició | malnutrition (Defective nutrition due to inadequate intake of nutrients or to their faulty digestion, assimilation or metabolism) | |
| mamífer | mammal (Any animal of the Mammalia, a large class of warm-blooded vertebrates having mammary glands in the female, a thoracic diaphragm, and a four-chambered heart. The class includes the whales, carnivores, rodents, bats, primates, etc.) | |
| mamífer aquàtic | aquatic mammal | |
| mamífer marí | marine mammal (Mammals which have adapted to live in the sea, such as whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.) | |
| mamífer terrestre | land mammal | |
| mandat | mandate (A command or authorization to act in a particular way given by an administrator to a subordinate, a court to a lower court or an electorate to its representative) | |
| manglar | mangrove swamp (A wet, spongy area of land in tropical climates and along coastal regions that is dominated by mangrove trees and shrubs, particularly red mangroves (Rhizophora), black mangroves (Avicennia) and white mangroves (Laguncularia)) | |
| mangle | mangrove (Plant communities and trees that inhabit tidal swamps, muddy silt, and sand banks at the mouths of rivers and other low-lying areas which are regularly inundated by the sea, but which are protected from strong waves and currents. Mangroves are the only woody species that will grow where the land is periodically flooded with sea water; individual species have adapted themselves to different tidal levels, to various degrees of salinity, and to the nature of the mud or soil. Mangrove swamps and thickets support hundreds of terrestrial, marine, and amphibian species; have a special role in supporting estuarine fisheries; provide shelter, refuge and food for many forms of wildlife) | |
| manipulació reproductiva | reproductive manipulation (The technology involved in altering in some prescribed way the genetic constitution of an organism. Typically "useful" genes, i.e. very short sequence of DNA, are isolated from one organism and inserted into the DNA of a bacterium of yeast. These microorganisms multiply rapidly and can be cultured easily, enabling large quantities of the gene product to be obtained. Reproductive manipulation has been used for the large-scale production of antibiotics, enzymes, and hormones (e.g. insulin). Organisms into which foreign DNA has been artificially inserted are called "transgenic organisms") | |
| manteniment | maintenance (technical, The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment) | |
| manteniment | maintenance of environment (No definition needed) | |
| manteniment d'existències | stocking (To keep a supply accumulated for future use, term mainly used for goods) | |
| manteniment de carreteres | road maintenance (The care or upkeep of streets, highways and other routes, including improvements in alignment, widening and markings, and work involving buried cables, water mains or gas mains) | |
| manteniment de la pau | peacekeeping (The activities to prevent, contain, moderate and/or terminate the hostilities between or within States, through the medium of an impartial third party intervention, organised and directed internationally. This intervention is conducted using military forces, police and civilians with the consent of the main belligerents, to complement the diplomatic conflict resolution process and, to restore and maintain peace) | |
| mapa | map chart (A map, generally designed for navigation or other particular purposes, in which essential map information is combined with various other data critical to the intended use) | |
| mapa | map (A representation, normally on a flat medium, that displays the physical and political features of a surface area of the earth, showing them in their respective forms, sizes and relationships according to some convention of representation) | |
| mapa de sòls | soil map (A two-dimensional representation that shows the areal extent or the distribution of soils in relation to other features of the land surface) | |
| màquina | machinery (A group of parts or machines arranged to perform a useful function) | |
| maquinària agrícola | agricultural equipment (Machines utilized for tillage, planting, cultivation, and harvesting of crops) |